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that which carries in it a sense of universality, limitless expansion, unbroken continuity.
Then you decentralise, extend and widen yourself; you begin to live in all things and in
all beings; the barriers separating individuals from each other break down. You think in
their thoughts, vibrate in their sensations, feel in their feelings, live in the life of all. What
seemed inert suddenly becomes full of life, stones quicken, plants feel and will and suffer,
animals speak in a language more or less inarticulate, but clear and expressive; everything
is animated by a marvellous consciousness without time or limit. And this is only one
aspect of the psychic realisation; there are others, many others. All help you to go beyond
the barriers of your egoism, the walls of your external personality, the impotence of your
reactions and the incapacity of your will.

But, as I have already said, the path to that realisation is long and difficult, strewn with
snares and problems to be solved, which demand an unfailing determination. It is like the
explorer’s trek through virgin forest in quest of an unknown land, of some great discovery.
The psychic being is also a great discovery which requires at least as much fortitude and
endurance as the discovery of new continents. A few simple words of advice may be useful
to one who has resolved to undertake it.

The first and perhaps the most important point is that the mind is incapable of judging
spiritual things. All those who have written on this subject have said so; but very few
are those who have put it into practice. And yet, in order to proceed on the path, it is
absolutely indispensable to abstain from all mental opinion and reaction.

Give up all personal seeking for comfort, satisfaction, enjoyment or happiness. Be only
a burning fire for progress, take whatever comes to you as an aid to your progress and
immediately make whatever progress is required.

Try to take pleasure in all you do, but never do anything for the sake of pleasure.

Never get excited, nervous or agitated.
Remain perfectly calm in the face of all
circumstances. And yet be always alert to
discover what progress you still have to
make and lose no time in making it.

Never take physical happenings at their
face value. They are always a clumsy
attempt to express something else, the
true thing which escapes our superficial
understanding.

Never complain of the behaviour of

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